"Director Jin, I have something I want to talk to you about."

After lingering at the door of the office of the factory director Jin Shanping for nearly an hour, Yu Lihong finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door and walk in. He held his leave without pay report in his hand, standing in front of Jin Shanping's desk, and actually felt a little trembling.

This has been three days after Yu Lihong talked with Xia Yangjie and Yu Haitao. In the past three days, Yu Lihong has hardly fallen asleep, and his mind is tumbling over and over all kinds of things. The report in his hand was just over 200 words, but he spent five hours writing it.

That day, he and his daughter were driven home by Yu Haitao. As soon as he entered the door, he told his wife Li Hongmei about what happened in the western restaurant. Li Hongmei was still annoyed by the previous quarrel between the husband and wife, and planned to give Yu Lihong a cold face. Hearing Yu Lihong say that someone was willing to pay a monthly salary of 600 yuan to hire him to work, Li Hongmei suddenly forgot about the dispute with Yu Lihong, stared at her delicate eyes as big as copper bells, and looked at her husband in surprise.

"Old Yu, you're not talking nonsense, are you?" Li Hongmei asked, she was faintly worried, could it be that she gave her husband too much stimulation and made this honest man angry?

"Mom, what are you talking about!" Yu Xiaojuan next to her didn't do it, "It was Peng Tingting who brought the leaders of her unit to talk to her father, didn't you also see the Pusang sedan they drove?" ”

"That's why Tingting came?" Li Hongmei asked. Peng Tingting took Yu Haitao and they came to the house first to find Tai Lihong, and when Yu Xiaojuan went out to show them the way, Li Hongmei also took a look from the balcony and saw the extremely stylish Pusang car.

Yu Lihong completely explained the cause and effect of the matter to Li Hongmei, and he also made some plays according to his understanding of the topic of glass fiber that Xia Yangjie was studying. It is said to be an important special project related to the national economy and people's livelihood and the status of a great country.

"Old Yu, what do you think?" Li Hongmei is a little unsure, don't look at her usual likes to make decisions for Yu Lihong, and she manages Yu Lihong obediently in every detail. But in the face of such a major matter, she suddenly felt the lack of her knowledge and vision, and looked forward to her husband coming up with a decision.

Yu Lihong gritted his teeth. said, "I want to try." ”

"But they're private companies." Li Hongmei said worriedly.

Yu Lihong said: "Regardless of whether it is private or state-owned, I figured it out, the seventh factory can't give me much money, this Haijie company has a salary of 600 yuan for one mouth, and there are thousands of bonuses for doing a project, even if it is private, what is it?" Now they are all supporting the bold and starving the faint-hearted. There is a supply and marketing section chief named Lao Xing in the No. 5 Plastics Factory, do you remember? ”

"I remember." Li Hongmei said.

"He went to sea last year, and he left his job without pay, saying that he was going to run a company with a friend, but in fact, he was reselling resin, and he made money by relationships. I heard from the people of the fifth factory that he is rich now, and the suits he wears are all custom-made in the suit factory. It costs one or two thousand dollars a set. Yu Lihong described in a yearning tone.

Being able to have the money to go to a garment factory to customize clothes, this sentence destroyed Li Hongmei's will. Or when she was a girl at home. One of the neighbors had an aunt who had a skirt that was custom-made in the garment factory, and it was the most beautiful outfit in the whole alley. Having a set of such clothes was Li Hongmei's highest inner ideal when she was a girl. After starting a family, the income level of the wage earner is naturally not enough for her to realize this ideal, but she has talked about this topic at least 100 times in front of her husband, which also makes Yu Lihong regard this as an important symbol of wealth.

That night. The couple discussed a myriad of topics, including the risks of leaving a job and how to use the money once they have it. The next day, Yu Lihong and Li Hongmei both took leave from the unit, rushed to Haijie Company to visit the workplace, and had a long discussion with Yu Haitao, Ning Mo, Xia Yangjie and others. At last. The two finally made up their minds and prepared to let Yu Lihong go through the procedures for leaving his job without pay and go to Haijie Company to pan for gold.

After initialing an employment proposal with Haijie Company and determining the monthly salary of 600 yuan in writing, Yu Lihong began to make various preparations before leaving. He put his work in order, ready to hand over to his successor. Subsequently, he carefully wrote a report on leave without pay, which came to Jin Shanping.

"Old Yu? What's the matter? Jin Shanping, who was looking at the newspaper leisurely with a cup of tea and a cigarette, raised his head, looked at Yu Lihong in surprise and asked.

"I ...... I have a report here, if Director Jin is not busy, can you take a look. Yu Lihong hesitated again and again, but he still couldn't say the words of suspension without pay in person, but just handed over the report.

"It's the report you said last time about building a new set of process equipment, right? Didn't I say that, now the factory ......" Jin Shanping took the report and said casually. However, when he opened the report and saw the words on the report, he stopped suddenly, raised his eyes and began to look at Yu Lihong seriously.

"You're going to apply for leave without pay?" Jin Shanping asked.

"Yes......" Yu Lihong replied timidly like a child who had done something wrong, "There is a unit...... They have a research topic...... There is a shortage of manpower, uh, my Xiaojuan happens to know someone from their unit, so they ......"

"That's good, Lao Yu!"

Before Li Hong finished speaking, Jin Shanping had already put down the report, bypassed the desk and walked to Yu Lihong's side. He put a hand on Yu Lihong's shoulder, pressed him to sit on the sofa next to him, and then said with interest: "I can't see, Lao Yu, you still have such a way?" How about it, how much money was promised to give you a month, is there 300? ”

"Uh......" Yu Lihong felt messy, shouldn't Jin Shanping be angry? Or, at the very least, he should have been heartbroken, generously accusing Yu Lihong of not having a sense of collectivity. However, the reaction he expected Jin Shanping should have did not appear, Jin Shanping's appearance was almost exactly the same as Yu Xiaojuan, and his eyes showed a sense of envy, even ...... Yu Lihong also read a bit of jealousy from it.

"Director Jin, you don't object to my resignation?" Yu Lihong asked cautiously.

"How could I object?" As if he had heard something strange, Jin Shanping asked in surprise, "Now that I am suspended without pay, I am going to make a fortune." Old Yu, we entered the factory with front and back feet, and at that time when we were bachelors, we often went out to eat together, do you remember? Think about it, with the friendship between the two of us, how could I stop you for such a good thing as a leave of absence without pay, isn't it too unkind? ”

"Uh-uh...... yes, yes, I also think the conditions over there are okay, and I want to give it a try. Yu Lihong suddenly understood, he felt that the No. 7 Plastics Factory would not turn without him, but the director of the factory did not have this idea at all, because the earth never rotated because of someone's existence. Perhaps, Jin Shanping had long felt that he Yu Lihong was a little in the way, but he was just embarrassed to tell him to get out of the way.

"You haven't said it yet, how much money was promised to you over there, why do you have to have 300 a month?" Jin Shanping still relish the question he raised just now, and it seems that this is the key to deciding whether to allow Yu Lihong to leave.

"Now it's just a matter of trying it out, and they say that if you can do it yourself, you can get paid...... 600 pieces. Yu Lihong is not a person who can lie, and he will tell the truth directly.

"How much? 600 pieces! Jin Shanping shouted in a fuss, "My good man, then what are you hesitating about?" Tut-tut, you are still popular with those who are engaged in technology, these years, learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you are not afraid to go all over the world. If I stayed in the technical department back then and didn't go to the administration, do you think that someone would have invited me for 600 yuan a month? ”

"There should be." Yu Lihong laughed perfunctorily, please, you Jin Shanping has never been a material for scientific research, so don't make such unrealistic assumptions.

"Okay, great!" Jin Shanping said unabashedly, "I will give you approval of this report immediately, and the matter of making money cannot be delayed." Lao Yu, don't worry, leave without pay is not resignation, let alone dismissal, when you don't want to work outside, you can come back at any time. Haha, of course, I just said it, people give you such good treatment, why are you not willing to do it? ”

The movement in the factory director's office soon attracted the attention of the personnel of the administrative departments, the director of the factory office, the chief of the technical section, the old accountant of the financial department, and the small typist in the mailroom. With a smile on their faces, everyone enthusiastically complimented Yu Lihong, who was about to run towards a bright future, and discussed what kind of life a tyrant can live with a monthly salary of 600 yuan.

Yu Lihong's mind was empty, and he smiled stiffly and thanked everyone for their blessings. It wasn't until he walked out of the factory gate in a daze that he remembered that the handover materials he had prepared had not been handed over to his colleagues at all. After thinking about it, the technical section chief was also present just now, and he didn't mention it at all, maybe he didn't care if he handed it over or not.

Looking back, the big words "Pujiang Plastic No. 7 Factory" on the factory door are still clear, the bicycle bells of the cadres and workers entering and leaving the factory door are still crisp, and several female workers in blue overalls walk over shoulder to shoulder, Yu Lihong seems to be able to hear their unbridled laughter. A No. 7 plastic factory that no longer has Yu Lihong is no different from the past. And Yu Lihong himself is no longer the self he was yesterday.

Should we be happy or sad? Yu Lihong shook his head, he really couldn't figure it out. If you take this step, you may never look back, right?

The bus came over, Yu Lihong jumped on the bus, shook the monthly pass to the conductor, and found a seat to sit down. The car started, and a smell of resin wafted in from the window, which is a unique smell of this chemical area. The passengers in the car covered their noses with their hands in disgust, only Yu Lihong took a deep breath, and then, his eyes moistened slightly. (To be continued......)

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